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"If money is speech, let this be a muttered double entendre that makes the chaste blush at both ends."
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Chris Tannhauser (HiveGod)

Inspired by Julian Delphiki's recent creations: the Gelatinous Cube, Mimic and Ol' Rusty I have decided to try my hand at helping expand the critterverse of D:JitD-2e.

I've got a few miniatures lying in box in my spare room upstairs; most of which have not seen the light of day for a decade or more. So I have had a rummage and the first beastie I would like to come out of retirement and enter the fray is one I've always had a soft spot for ... the Chimera (produced by Grenadier, cast in 1983).

This Chimera is your classic beast of Greek mythology... Lion's body/head, Goat's head, Snake tail deal.It has a nasty bite, can give you a good bunt, a poison nip in the tail and can on occasion breath fire.

"a thing of immortal make, not human, lion-fronted and snake behind, a goat in the middle, and snorting out the breath of the terrible flame of bright fire"- Homer

It's 1 x 2 in size (my figurine is about the size of a Barghest), with a low group limit due to it's tenacity.He's reasonably powerful, but I don't think too so ... I mean, it took Bellerophon to take out the original, and that was no simple task.

I've not had to devise new abilities for this one, as existing ones that fit the jig are in the basic set.

I drew the Chimera pic on my wacom based on a few animal photos I perused, to avoid any (c) issues; apologies if it's a bit placid looking (he's resting up after a hard day mauling wayward adventurers).

Oh yes, and many thanks to crackbone, creator of the monster template. Good work there!

Don't really know if it's balanced or not.It seems fast (4 squares plus the squeezing trick of large figures).It surely has a tough hide but not really sky-high in health.It has many surge usages, which is fun for the Overlord and they all really makes sense (lion's jaws added damage, goat headbutt and snake's poison).

Fantastic mingsling! Glad to inspire, particularly a creature favorite of mine. I had an undead one back in my dnd days that I used to my character ride upon, ah the good ole' days. I will definitely be sleeving this guy once everyone takes their swing at looking it over. But I think it looks pretty spot on already.

Yes indeed, the good old DnD days, ha ha. I didn't have a rideable undead chimera, but I did have a fighter with a heavy-armoured battle rat (just a normal rat really, strapped into a custom set of full plate), with a lance mounted on his back (albeit a small one) ... He did 1pt of damage on a good day. Unfortunately that good day turned out to be his last day; crushed underfoot as our party charged it to take out a troublesome bugbear (the 1pt was from his lance piercing the heel of our dwarf who'd failed his perception check). A good day, but a tragic one.

BTW ... glad you like the beast. Time for a rummage in the box to see what's next!